ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2001
Duration of breast feeding and arterial distensibility in early adult life: population based study.
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- Maternal investment, life-history strategy of the offspring and adult chronic disease risk in South Asian women in the UK.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2016Article
- The protective effects of breastfeeding on chronic non-communicable diseases in adulthood: A review of evidence.Advanced biomedical research · 2014Review
- An Infantile Case of Transient, Severe Hypercholesterolemia with Normalization after Complete Weaning from Breast-feeding.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2012Article
- Breastfeeding in infancy and adult cardiovascular disease risk factors.The American journal of medicine · 2009Article
- Breast feeding in infancy and arterial endothelial function later in life. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2009Article
- Sex differences in the association between infant feeding and blood cholesterol in later life: the Newcastle thousand families cohort study at age 49-51 years.European journal of epidemiology · 2009Article
- Breast feeding and blood lipid concentrations in male Brazilian adolescents.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2006Article
- Developmental programming of aortic and renal structure in offspring of rats fed fat-rich diets in pregnancy.The Journal of physiology · 2005Article
- Experimental models of developmental programming: consequences of exposure to an energy rich diet during development.The Journal of physiology · 2005Review
- Breast feeding and cardiovascular disease risk factors, incidence, and mortality: the Caerphilly study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2005Article
- Human milk is still best.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003Article
- Duration of breast feeding and adult arterial distensibility. Humans are primates, designed to breast feed for years not months.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001Article
- Does the duration of breast feeding matter?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the hypothesis that duration of breast feeding is related to changes in vascular function relevant to the development of cardiovascular disease.
designPopulation based observational study.
settingCambridge.
participants331 adults (171 women, 160 men) aged between 20 and 28 years, born in Cambridge Maternity Hospital.
main outcome measuresDistensibility of brachial artery, type and duration of infant feeding, current lipid profile, and other cardiovascular risk factors.
resultsThe longer the period of breast feeding the less distensible the artery wall in early adult life, with no sex differences (regression coefficient = -3.93 micrometer/month, 95% confidence interval -7.29 to -0.57, P=0.02). However, in those breast fed for less than four months, arterial distensibility was not significantly reduced compared with an exclusively formula fed group. The vascular changes observed were not explained by alterations in plasma cholesterol concentration in adult life.
conclusionsBreast feeding in infancy is related to reduced arterial function 20 years later. These data should not alter current recommendations in favour of breast feeding, which has several benefits for infant health. Further work is needed, however, to explore the optimal duration of breast feeding in relation to cardiovascular outcomes.
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